Kusot said..WindyBear said..UisceBeatha said..Kusot said..TuberiderG said..
Yeah, that's really disappointing. A big marketing campaign on social media for weeks — and now just a refreshed Mode Pro...
There was a video on Instagram by Mike Raper from January 6 where he's testing the SFv2 - and now: nothing again. They're very slow!
Have they even introduced a new foil designer since Uli Sommerlatt left?
They are late to the party so they need to make a confident entrance with stock on hand to prove it. My journey on North is from R1850, A600, 320(ish) to now using the dw820,C650,S142 on UHM85. I used the SF1080 and SF830 with S215/C700 on the way. The waves we get here are always wind driven and the power is often in the lower range for SF. The dw820 turns very well and suits our conditions better in that sense. What I do miss, and this might be just my skill holding back, is the more surf stile powerful bottom turn from the back foot that I can do with the SF830 (imagining its a bigger wave than it is :-). I come from Kiting on surfboard. Opinions shared are usually linked to their home conditions and riding stile. If North comes with a breed of SF and DW I think they will be on the money for me, but I don't think DW is outdated. It is underestimated!
Anyone still on this thread is a North rider, and we probably all agree, they are great foils. Even at their peak the foil updates were slow but was willing to let that go for good product out the end, which they have a great reputation for. We want more and that is not unreasonable. You buy into a foil system with the expectation that it grows with you too, otherwise why drop all that hard earned fun cash. There isn't any comms on what might or could be coming whereas every other foil company is looking to what is next and selling that innovation and investment. I agree, DW, SF and MA all underestimated foils, all the ingredients there for v2's, just gotta hope they invest.
To put it politely, the DW1400 was ‘special’ 😂 so special it was hard to ride. Still, North did a decent job with the Rover parawing, which rides great. The bar isn’t anything special and has a design flaw around the holes (abrasion of the pigtails) but otherwise it’s decent.
I think the DW1400,C700,S142,UHM80 is an absolute perfect low end machine in the 8-10kn days. UHM80 is a bit faster than UHM85 and nice for a bit of pump. I take my time in the turns so width of the foil to length of the mast is not a problem. You can get "locked in" on a turn and feel you are not getting out of it. I think that is because you are not one with the mast and instead are trying to drive it. I low it.
I agree. Few days ago i tried DW1400 with 650 fuse and S142. I was surprised how much easier is to pump in light wind and keep the foil high than with S192. I can foil in about 7 knots and can cruse trough even less. With this combination it is also much less tiring to pump in lulls but the pitch is very sensitive this vay. I also have no problem jibing it but if wind picks up just a little bit i immediately switch to DW1100 because it is has more decent speed
